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Danielson, 49, was a 35-year member of the Lakeland Ambulance Squad and had been called to the scene of the crash because of his daughter's involvement, said his father, Eskil "Skip" Danielson, on Sunday.

"After tending to her at the scene, he complained of back pain," Danielson said.

He went to Newton Medical Center with the Newton ambulance and apparently had a heart attack while in the emergency room there.

"They stabilized him there and he was taken by air to Morristown (Medical Center)," the elder Danielson said. He was pronounced dead at the Morristown facility about four hours later.

Saturday was the annual installation dinner for the Lakeland squad, which was off-duty with their calls being handled by Newton and Sparta units.

Danielson said his son got a call from the scene and from a dispatcher about the same time his daughter was involved.

"Skip" Danielson is former police chief of Byram, where he also served as mayor, and for many years headed the Sussex County emergency management office.

Asked if he wanted to say something about his son, Danielson said in a quiet voice, "I just can't say enough."

Andover Borough Mayor John Morgan called Scott Danielson "indispensible," and noted that through his work as Office of Emergency Management coordinator for the borough, the village was able to get several grants to help recover from Superstorm Sandy.

Danielson was also the borough's superintendent of the Road Department, a position because of his duties as council member.

"He definitely will be missed," Morgan said. "It's hard to come to terms with all this."

In addition to being a borough councilman and member of the ambulance squad, Scott Danielson's full-time job was captain with the Warren County Public Safety Department, where he was division manager of that county's 911 system.

He was elected to the Andover Borough Council in 2008 and re-elected to three-year terms in 2011 and 2014.

A funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at Cochran Funeral Home in Hackettstown. The burial will be at Locust Hill Cemetery in Dover following the service.

Calling hours will be Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m., at Cochran Funeral Home.

In addition to his father and daughter, Alycia, Scott Danielson is also survived by another daughter, Amanda; a son, Aaron, an Air Force staff sergeant; his wife, Tammy; brothers Eric, police chief in Andover Township, and Kevin, a fire department lieutenant in Clifton; and his mother, Judy Danielson.

Bruce A. Scruton can also be contacted on Twitter: @brucescrutonNJH or by phone: 973-383-1224